These are the various interviews I have found with Bob Hoskins.  The newest additions to this site are on the top, with the rest in reverse chronological order.  I have identified the original source and interviewer whenever possible and hopefully am not breaking any copyright laws.

PRINT INTERVIEWS 2000's  | 1990's | 1980's

Recent Additions

Who Framed Bob Hoskins? - Stefanie Marsh, Times Online, June 29, 2006

Sailing Close To The Wind - Mike Davies, Birmingham Post, November 21, 2005

The Good, The Bad and The Cuddly - - Mary Riddell, The Daily Mail, October 29, 2005

London's 50 Greatest Films - Dave Calhoun, Time Out London, October 19, 2005

Unleashed - Empire Online, 2005

Mussolini, to Churchill to Super Mario - Peter Howell, The Toronto Star, January 14, 2005

2000's

• San Sebastian Film Festival Press Conference - October 27, 2002

• Public Access - Empire Magazine, February 2002

• The Building of Bob - Lynn Barber, The Observer, December 16, 2001

• "I'm not very good at being dishonest" - Elizabeth Grice, The Daily Telegraph, December 13, 2001

• British Camaraderie and One For the Road in Last Orders - Jon Burlingame, The Los Angeles Times, December 4, 2001

• Why I'd Love to be Called a Luvvie... - Phil Tusler, The Express on Sunday, November 25, 2001

• Jurassic Man - Jo McCarroll, Sunday Star-Times, April 15, 2001

• Gangster Rep - James Mottram, Empire Online, May 2000

• Acting Bug Bites Bob Hoskins - Luaine Lee, Scripps Howard News Service, March 26, 2000

• Hoskins Role Call - Steve Hedgpeth, The Star-Ledger Newark, NJ, March 19, 2000

1990's

• Mr. Micawber Wants to Tell You He's Angry - Eleanor Mills, The Sunday Times, December 19, 1999
  (this one's very negative but for some reason I found the reporter's scolding tone amusing - you can kind of guess what might have put him in such a bad mood...)

• He's Hot Stuff, that Bob Hoskins - Jan Stuart, Newsday, December 12, 1999

• Hoskins Confronts Life's Dark Side - John Clark, Los Angeles Times, November 19, 1999

• Online Chat - The Palace, Novenber 18, 1999

• Expletives Deleted, Bob Hoskins is Quite a Mellow Fellow - Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune, November 18, 1999

• The Usual Suspect - Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle, November 7, 1999

• Felicia's Journey - Jonathan Ross, BBC Online, October 1999

• Sold as Seen - Suzie Mackenzie, Guardian Unlimited, October 9, 1999

• A Killer Role - Thelma Adams, New York Post, October 9, 1999

• Inside the Head of a Monster - Louis B. Hobson, Calgary Sun, September 10, 1999

• Bob's on the Job - Bruce Kirkland, Toronto Sun, September 10, 1999

• A Natural Everyman - Liam Lacey, The Globe and Mail, September 10, 1999

• One on One - Tom Doyle, Empire Magazine, May 1999

• Bob Hoskins Delivers Twentyfourseven - Darrell L. Hope, Venice Magazine, May 1998

• An Odd Job - Jamie Painter, Back Stage West, April 27, 1998

• Back to His Roots - Kristine McKenna, Los Angeles Times, April 25, 1998

• Bob Hoskins No Longer Acts for Ducks - Luaine Lee, Scripps Howard News Service, April 22, 1998

• Greetings from the Asylum - Andy Jones, TNT Rough Cut, April 15, 1998

• Bob Hoskins Works "Twentyfourseven" - Stephen Garrett, IndieWire, April 1998

• Bob's Their Uncle - Xan Brooks, Independent on Sunday, March 29, 1998

• The Working Class Warrior - Carol Allen, London Times, March 26, 1998

• Still a Class Act - Trevor Johnston, The Scotsman, March 21, 1998

• Meeting Bob Hoskins - Ted Murphy, Baseline, 1998

• Firebreather - Joshua Klein, The Onion's A.V. Club, 1998

• Twentyfourseven - Prairie Miller, Star Inteviews, 1998

• A Cockney in Hollywood - Michael Shelden, Electronic Telegraph, February 28, 1998

• Christmas Toys (with Joanna Lumley) - Elizabeth Grice, The Daily Telegraph, December 8, 1997

• The Original Gangsta - Ian Freer, Empire Magazine, October 1997

• Gun-Shy But Not Camera-Shy - Matt Rees, Jerusalem Post, August 15, 1997

• "If I wasn't in this business, I'd probably be a bandit or robbing banks" - David Gritten, Electronic Telegraph, November 9, 1996

• Bob Hoskins on a Fearful, Fruitful, Return to the Stage - Matt Wolf, Associated Press, December 16, 1996

• Bob Hoskins Gets Wicked - Mark Shenton, Theater Week, November 18, 1996

• It's Hard to Talk - Simon Fanshawe, London Times, November 10, 1996

• I Can Be Hell to Live With, But in the End I Do Need to Talk - Angela Levin, The Daily Mail, November 8, 1996

• How Much is a Pint of Milk? - Ian Nathan, Empire Magazine, August 1996

• It's Good to Talk Tough - Martyn Palmer, OK Magazine, 1996

• Tigers with Bob Hoskins - Scott Williams, Associated Press, February 25, 1995

• Super Bob! - David Aldridge, Film Review, July 1993

• Cher Sweet-talked Me into Bed - Garth Pearce, New Idea, May 1991

• The Sexiest Short, Bald, Fat Man Alive - Susan Wyndham, The Australian Magazine, May 1991

• Bob Hoskins - The Us Interview - Leslie Van Buskirk, Us Magazine, February 19, 1990

• The Unlikeliest Leading Man - Linda Winer, Newsday, February 1, 1990

1980's

• The Tender Side of Tough - Sheila Benson, Elle, 1989

• Bob Hoskins - Animated Investigator - Adam Pirani, Starlog, August 1988

• "It's a goody" - Houston Chronicle, June 24, 1988

• He's Not Afraid of an Animated Rabbit - Jim Emerson, Orange County Register, June 22, 1988

• Cockney Charisma - William Boyd, The New York Times, December 6, 1987

• Tough Guys Do Dance - Hilary Devries, The Christian Science Monitor, March 25, 1987

• The Tender Side of Tough - Helen Simpson, British Vogue, September 1986

• Little Big Man - Steve Grant, Time Out, August 20, 1986

• Bob Hoskins' Bloomin' Career - Paula Span, The Washington Post, July 16, 1986

• I Wanna Be Bobby's Girl - Lesley White, Elle, June 1986

• Hoskins Makes Mona Lisa Smile - Ron Base, The Toronto Star, June 14, 1986

• Tough Guy, Tender Heart - Michael Billington, The New York Times, June 8, 1986

• The Finsbury Park Empiricist - The Face, May 1985

• Good Friday's Bad Guy - Fred Robbins, Us Magazine, July 20, 1982

• "I like the way I am.  I'm happy with me." - Benedict Nightingale, The New York Times, June 20, 1982

• At the Movies - Chris Chase, The New York Times, May 16, 1982

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